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For some reason I always get stuck at the Melody/Nelson part! I'd like to know why. People have fixed it for me and I've gone on with it and then something happens where I reinstall MT and it happens all over again. It doesn't even think the username Melody even exists much less the password :)

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I tried the new file they have out called mt-medic that is suppose to fix that by letting me add admin and it isn't even letting me do that either. I get the following error:

 

An error occurred:

 

Invalid author id '0' at /home/moonlit/public_html/weblog/mt-medic.cgi line 746.

 

I tried getting help from the MT site, but nobody is replying :)

Posted

Yep, this one is a new install with the current version. I'll be here for a few hours if anyone can help me via one of the messaging programs too. Feel free to message me.

Posted

;) Yes, I'm back. My newest error...*laughs* I make a post, save to publish and I get this...:

 

Writing to '/home/moonlit/public_html/weblog/archives/000001.html.new' failed: Opening local file '/home/moonlit/public_html/weblog/archives/000001.html.new' failed: Permission denied

Posted

I am having the same problem with MT that she was originally having. I had mt MT installed on another server with no problems, but now I cannot log in. The MT instructions say that I should contact my webhost regarding db_upgrade... help!

 

:D

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I moved my files over from my old server, EHostPros.com... who all of a sudden decided to stop allowing MT on their servers (ba$tards).

 

After installing MT, I attempt to log in, and even if I input the default Melody/Nelson username/password, it tells me "invalid password". Per MT's installation instructions, this is what I'm told:

 

First, and most important, back up your DB files; you need to create backup copies of all of the files in your db directory. (If you do this by downloading the directory, make sure to transfer it in binary mode.)

 

The easiest way to convert the DB files is to use the db_upgrade program; unfortunately this is not available on every server, but it may be available on yours. To find out, log into your shell account, and type the following at your shell prompt (<db_dir> is the path to your db directory):

$ cd <db_dir>

$ db_upgrade *.db *.idx

 

If your server has db_upgrade, this will convert all of your DB files over to the new format. If this works, you're done, and you can skip the following steps; Movable Type should now work.

 

 

If the above db_upgrade command does not work--for example, if you get an error saying that command not found--then you will need to use the following method to convert your data. This method dumps out all of the data from your DB files, then loads it into new versions of those DB files.

The program used to dump the contents of your DB files is called either one of two things: db_dump, or db_dump185. To determine which program you need to use, first try running the following command in your shell account:

 

$ cd <db_dir>

$ db_dump author.db

 

If this command is successful, you will see a screenful of data dumped out. If it is unsuccessful, you will get an error message; in this case, try using the following command:

 

$ db_dump185 author.db

 

Again, if the command is successful, you will see a screenful of data. If this also fails, then you will need to contact your hosting provider.

 

 

Now that you have determined which db_dump program to use (either db_dump or db_dump185), you can dump all of the data from your old DBM files and load it into new versions of those files. To do that, try the following (substitute db_dump185 instead of db_dump, if necessary):

$ db_dump -f author.db.data author.db

$ mv author.db author.db.old

$ db_load -f author.db.data author.db

$ chmod 666 author.db

 

You will need to run these four commands for each file in your db directory whose name ends in .db or .idx. After you have done so, you're done, and Movable Type should now work.

 

So you see my problem :-\

Posted

did you restore a backed up copy of your db from your old host to your new account? if so, check the CGIPath and any other configuration option that may have changed in your mt.cfg file.

  • 2 weeks later...
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That is true, I went to the support forums for MT, but I've always been able to get much more help within this forum and quicker at that :rolleyes:

 

Rock Sign

i frequent the mt support forums, with the same handle, in addition to the tch forums. in fact, i primarily look for mt questions here to answer.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Hello there I am also suffering the same problem as MoonFaery

Invalid author id '0' at /manutd/osc/catalog/mt/mt-medic.cgi line 746.

 

charle97 can you please tell me what you did to fix it?

 

Cheers

--

Alex

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